London and Linda Wilvang of the Grammy’s awards department will discuss the qualifications for the Best Hawaiian Music Album Grammy today at an afternoon forum.
To qualify as a Hawaiian album, London said, contemporary recordings must contain “substantial traditional elements.”
“The Hawaiian language must be used in a predominance of the vocal tracks on an album, but there is no number percentage attached to it,” he said. “The committee will not count every word, but if a chorus or phrase is used a number of times in the song, then that’s the hook in the recording.”
Grammy 101, 5:30 p.m. Hilton Hawaiian Village Rainbow Suite
RSVP: To pacificnw@grammy.com or call 206-834-1000
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